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If this is your first time exposed to an American style buffet and menu options in the MDR, don't worry too much about 'authentic'. As you can see here, people get very passionate around what constitutes authentic I would suggested the Dog House, try and track down a Cuban sandwich, American style bacon.... hum, really just breakfast offerings in general you may enjoy as it may be quite different from what you typically have at home. Mexican food, like quesadillas, and the cheesesteak at CocoCay is pretty good IMHO, not Philadelphia quality, but good- I assume it's the same on the ship. I'm excited for you to try a bunch of new things. I hope you come back and report on your experience!

Just repriced for a $300 dollar savings next March.

When we were in Alaska we rode for free. It was supposed to be a short 5 or so minutes up and down but we got stuck for about 30 minutes, so I guess you could say we got a deal. I see it is $$$ because it is when you are passing through Endicott/Dawes- that will be beautiful.

A review of our thoughts about our cruise, things we liked and things we felt could use improvement. We have only cruised Royal so this is really a comparison between the two. First off we thought the ship was beautiful. The decor was upscale and classy as opposed to the Vegas Casino feel that you get with some Royal ships. We felt the service and food were definitely a step up from Royal and more reminiscent of what Royal was pre shut down. I can say that we had no meals that we felt could be improved. We did sail Aqua Class and used Blu for the most part aside from specialty dining. All of our meals came to our table piping hot so much so you couldn't touch the plate. What we did notice was that in the dining venues we didn't see them using cloches to keep the food warm which I feel has a tendency to make crispy foods a bit soft or soggy. The Oceanview Cafe was also very good with a large selection of different items daily. We are not buffet people but we did enjoy the Oceanview Cafe. The specialty dining was exceptional on this ship we ate at Fine Cut, Raw on Five, Le Petite Chef, Rooftop Grill and Eden. Our favorites were Eden and Rooftop Grill not saying the others were bad we just felt the overall experience was better at these two venues the food at the others was just as good. Now on to the bar service. Like I mentioned we sailed in Aqua Class and opted for the inclusive package which included the classic drink package any drinks up to $10. The classic drink package would work for people who are really just wine or beer drinkers as they have a good selection of beers and wines at the $10 and under price point. If you prefer mixed drinks as my wife and I do I would recommend upgrading to the Premium package as I don't recall seeing and mixed drinks for under $17 so you would get charged the difference to you stateroom bill. The bartenders were friendly and worked very hard to make sure everyone was served in a reasonable amount of time and they poured heavy compared to Royal, never any need to ask them to add more liquor. Many of the bartenders kept track of your name and cabin number so we never really needed to present our sea pass for a drink particularly the bars we frequented. Now to the things we feel could used to be improved keeping in mind these might be a bit trivial but I'll mention anyway. As with any cruise you will run into "hogs". We were in Aqua class and had access to the thermal spa which we both enjoyed aside from the heat bed hogs. It was almost impossible to get time on one of the heat beds as people would spend hours either surfing their phones reading or completely sleeping and snoring. How they could improve this I don't know aside from more policing by the staff which as we know leads to poor customer surveys "which by the way I hate". The show times could be pushed off another 30 minutes to allow for people to eat dinner and still have time to catch a show afterwards. We didn't see a single show due to time conflicts with dinner and I'll explain. This cruise had many elderly people who would line up at the theatre an hour to an hour and a half early which was a frustration not to mention the theatre only seated 900 passengers for a cruise that had 3000 people on it. Most of our dinners took 75 minutes. We had an early seating time which I can't understand why they ask your preference being as there are multiple dining venues. The first night Blu didn't open until 7:30 which is entirely too late for us to eat we like to try and stay on our home eating schedule as best possible I know it seems trivial but we have a pretty set eating sleeping schedule so we tried eating at Normandie grille. We went to Normandie at our set time of 6:00 and were promptly informed that the dining didn't work that way. We were told that it would be a ten minute wait and were handed a pager as if we were waiting at Applebees which I felt was a bit tacky and the wait turned into 25-30 minutes. The good thing was we were Aqua class and we could get into Blu at any time we chose after the first night. As I mentioned in another post if you don't see anything you want at any of the main dining venues you can order the signature dishes from other restaurants at all of the main dining rooms. Other than these few gripes overall the cruise was excellent and we might be Celebrity converts now, although we do have a Caribbean cruise booked for Halloween. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to respond.

I just repriced a cruise for Next April and saved 575!

The Unified Command has finally vacated the cruise terminal, too. All systems go for Vision to return.

Unless the location of the Spacious appeals to you much more than the regular room, no. "Spacious" doesn't exactly add that much more space.

I'd just ask one of the bartenders to comp me a brewsky on the spot and move on.

If they have room when you show up, they will seat you. If not, they will turn you away or make an on the spot reservation for later that night or another day. Don’t expect to show up and they just tell you it’s a XX minute wait like on shore restaurants

Hello all, I understand that with the UDP package you have to make your reservations when you board the ship. My question is if you want to visit a specialty dining venue when you do not have a reservation will the UDP still cover it? I have spoken to many RC reps and I keep getting mixed answers. Obviously I am going to make reservations but I am thinking more for times if I want to maybe grab some sushi real quick or maybe I got a taste for a late night steak from Chops and I didn't make a reservation would I still be covered.

Honestly, you spend so little time in the room I wouldn't spend the extra money and just put it towards a drink package, excursions, or dining or something like that. There just isn't that big of a difference, certainly not like going from a balcony to a Junior Suite. Liberty is a great ship.

Kinda looks like what I remember, though I remember the packets being skinnier.

I've seen Copper Cow brand on Royal ships before. Can't recall if that's what we had on Icon or not, though.

Like a couple others have said...Spicy Crispy Tuna Roll, and the Champagne Lobster Roll. I also recently added the Izumi Ryu Futomaki Roll to my list, per my waiter, Jayan, on Adventure. I took his word and tried it...delicious.

. There's a premium offering in the MDR, but have not seen the ability to order it directly from Tuscan, Muranos, or Fine Cut (Edge class) from MDR (but I believe the premium steak ordered in the MDR is actually from one of the premium restaurants). If you're in Retreat class, you can request from Luminae but you pay the uncharge (my wife did it once).

Looks like such an amazing trip! I see a sushi roll...do you remember which one you had? It looks delicious.

On my Ovation sailing, it's like the intern was involved again and swapped the prices for the extended iFly and extended Northstar, which up until today had each other's prices. Bizarre.

We have an Oceanview but thinking of upgrading to an Spacious Oceanview - is it worth the money? Plus the only spacious one available is at the very back of the ship.

Quietly now, did anyone get a RUB offer for this sailing? Don't tell @OCSC Mike I'm asking......it's for a friend! LOL, I really am curious because I do love my cabin and detest deck 18 so, but usually day 60 the offer arrives, nothing. Maybe it's with the Royal Railway information/offerings, LOL

Thank you for the post! I am looking forward to my Icon sailing in July!

No, it still stays high. That's what is funny, she is fine on her own. She is her worst when she has an audience. Two or more people is when she is a mess.

The cups are smaller. They hold less than the standard cup you get in WJ or Sorrento's for water. The B2B lunch had the same menu. Only 10 of the 29 people B2B showed up for lunch. Last time the Key was on the right and B2B was on the left in dinning room deck 5. This time was the opposite. My brother got all three entrees. We had the same servers . We were done at 12:50 and waited until the rooms opened up. There was so many people just waiting in the hallway and on stairs. We are in room 9391 which is aft and definitely one of the older ones. It took us 15min to unpack and my brother headed to the WJ. The cooler seems to get cold. However the bathroom has that horrible shower head, so I think pressure might be on the low side. Both my brother and I have some work to knock out. So it will be dinner later and the casino.

Does your mom pull down your Lyft rating with her unsupervised shenanigans?

Thanks for this. I have made my kids aware of these restrictions so that they can make sure that any children they want to have are of the appropriate age (or gestation). Hopefully they are sensible enough that they can manage everything so the cruise in summer 2026 has all of them sailing